Written for, and cross-posted with, lgbtq-recs.

 Fall on Your Knees, by Ann-Marie Macdonald, makes no bones about being a gothic tale about a doomed family. The first line of the book is “They’re all dead now.”

But this is far from an unrelentingly bleak novel. It's full of black humor, humanity, and hope as it tells the story of four daughters in a lonely, ( Read more... )

( Cut for large image and ill-conceived attempt at gay rights awareness raising. )

Sugar Rush is a 2005 British series; it tends to get mentioned in the same breath as Skins and South of Nowhere as an exemplary series for lesbian teen portrayal, so I finally got around checking it out.

I'm only on the third episode, but so far I like it.  A little better than Skins actually. It's uneven in places, particularly the drama ( Read more... )

( Kate Winslet’s figure modeling in Titanic. )

This week is a theme week! In honor of lovely lady-loving-lady's mag Autostraddle’s article Five X-Files Episodes That Made Me Gay, I decided to compile my own list of gayifying childhood influences. Yes, I will be delving into the backward reaches of my psyche in an attempt to uncover my root. Look for forthcoming findings throughout the week!